INS has added PTC ThingWorx to its technology partnerships, further extending INS solution capabilities in the IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things).

INS has been a partner of Kepware (a PTC Company) for years. We have leveraged Kepware’s capability to connect to industrial automation devices (such as control systems) and server communications to help provide the foundation for our customer’s industrial data connectivity needs. When PTC acquired ThingWorx (a technology that helps to extend rapid analytics and visibility to real-time data), it made sense to partner with ThingWorx as well.

Having both Kepware and ThingWorx as technology options, combined with the power of GE Digital’s Historian, provides the most comprehensive solution set to our customers, for the transformation of and access to actionable information. It also aligns well with the INS expertise (See Figure 1 below).

ThingWorx will help INS deliver the true value IIoT data. The power of ThingWorx as a framework for analytics, will help industrial customers also learn from past data, understand and predict the future, and make decisions to enhance future outcomes. The capability enables INS to deliver solutions that:

Bringing the Physical and Digital Worlds
Jim Heppelmann, PTC President and CEO, shows how the Internet of Things is changing the world, bridging the physical and digital worlds and discusses the new value opportunities for those who create, operate and service products.